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Dr Ram Ratan Nala: The IFS Officer Combining Veterinary Science, Intelligence and Innovation to Protect Gujarat’s Asiatic Lions

12 September 2026

Bhakti Kothari

Dr Ram Ratan Nala blends veterinary science, intelligence-led enforcement and public participation to strengthen Asiatic lion conservation across Gujarat....

Change Makers

When 76 Illegal Huts Stood Inside Keibul Lamjao, This IFS Officer Chose to Act

12 September 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

IFS L. Joykumar Singh led the eviction of 76 illegal huts from Keibul Lamjao, curbed hunting and built...

Video Story

Rajeev Singh Thakur: The IAS Officer Who Moved From Districts to Defence, Infrastructure and Now Manipur

11 September 2026

Bhakti Kothari

Rajeev Singh Thakur IAS, a 1995-batch Rajasthan officer, brings experience across district administration,...

Change Makers

The Tiger They Refused to Give Up On: Odisha IFS Sai Kiran D.N.’s Mission to Bring Zeenath Home

11 September 2026

Ayodhya Prasad Singh

From interstate tracking to community-led conservation, IFS officer Sai Kiran D.N. combined technology,...

Eco Warrior Awards

From Degraded Grassland to Thriving Habitat : How Umesh Bagotia Is Bringing Back a Grassland Ecosystem

11 September 2026

Pallavi Priya

Grasslands are often mistaken for empty spaces. Their open horizons can make them look less important...

NEWS

PSUs

BEL Honoured With Data Center Championship Award at Express Computer Summit 2026

12 September 2026

Uttar Pradesh

UP Rolls Out Leather and Footwear Policy With Investment Incentives and Industry Support

12 September 2026

PSUs

GRSE CMD PR Hari Honoured With Prestigious Lifetime Contribution Award at ET Infra Awards 2026

12 September 2026

Uttar Pradesh

UP Social Welfare Department Expands AI Use From Schools to Pensions and Scholarships

12 September 2026

IFS - Forest

IFS Officers Train in Ecological Restoration at Nilgiris Workshop

12 September 2026

Must Read

Noida NSA Case: UP to Challenge HC Rebuke to DM Medha Roopam in Supreme Court, SG Tushar Mehta Informs

9 September 2026

BrahMos 2.0? Why India And Russia Want To Make BrahMos Even More Powerful

9 September 2026

Why 46 IPS Officers Were Deputed to CAPFs? Supreme Court Seeks Home Secretary’s Reply

7 September 2026

Videos

Rajeev Singh Thakur: The IAS Officer Who Moved From Districts to Defence, Infrastructure and Now Manipur

11 September 2026

Bhakti Kothari

He Served in J&K, NIA, UIDAI and ACB. Now Anand Jain Leads Ladakh Police

2 September 2026

Bhakti Kothari

Dr. Sagar Preet Hooda: The Officer Who Came Back To Lead Chandigarh Police

29 August 2026

Bhakti Kothari

Bureaucracy News

Punjab Govt Transfers 3 IAS Officers, Changes PAU Registrar and Director Sports

12 September 2026

Delhi HC Seeks CBI Compliance Report in Contempt Pleas Filed by IFS Officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi - Know the Case

12 September 2026

Kerala Govt Transfers 36 IAS Officers in Major Reshuffle: Anju KS Made Thiruvananthapuram Collector, Sabarimala Gets New ADM

12 September 2026

Who Is Nalin Prabhat? J&K DGP Likely to Become the Next DG BSF After Praveen Kumar

12 September 2026

Who Is Amit Samdariya? CBIC Relieves 2016-Batch IRS Officer for Joint Director Post at NTA

11 September 2026

Who Is D Suresh Kumar? IAS Officer Named in ACB FIR 5 Days Before Retirement Over HSVP Plot Case

11 September 2026

PSU News

BEL Honoured With Data Center Championship Award at Express Computer Summit 2026

12 September 2026

GRSE CMD PR Hari Honoured With Prestigious Lifetime Contribution Award at ET Infra Awards 2026

12 September 2026

Cochin Shipyard, Drydocks World Join Hands to Build India’s Global Ship Repair Hub

12 September 2026

REC Promotes Cleanliness and Hygiene Among Underserved Children Under Swachhata Action Plan 2026

11 September 2026

CMPDI Develops India’s First Field-Based Methodology for GHG Assessment of Opencast Coal Mines

11 September 2026

CMPDI Develops India’s First Field-Based GHG

ECIL Director (Finance) Proteek K. Chakraborty Honoured ‘Most Influential CFO’ Award 2026

11 September 2026

Bank of Maharashtra Appoints IAS Saurabh Kumar as Government of India Nominee Director

11 September 2026

HPCL Most Vulnerable OMC if Crude Oil Stays Above $100 a Barrel: Equirus Securities

11 September 2026

Defence News

Federation of American Scientists Report

India Could Build Up To 225 Nuclear Warheads With Existing Plutonium Reserves

11 September 2026

Why Armenia Is Increasingly Looking To India For Defence Cooperation

11 September 2026

India Moves Closer To Becoming An Aircraft Manufacturing Hub With Russian Partnership

11 September 2026

How India Built A 190-Warhead Nuclear Arsenal While Modernising Its Strategic Forces

11 September 2026

Judiciary News

Punjab and Haryana HC Strikes Down Income Tax Act’s Section 147A as Unconstitutional

11 September 2026

MP High Court Chief Justice AY Kogje Calls Independent Bar Essential For Fair Justice

11 September 2026

Asian Games 2026 Kayaking Coach Appointment

What Prompted The Supreme Court To Intervene In A Coach's Asian Games Assignment?

11 September 2026

Why MP High Court Wants A Nationwide E-Rickshaw Policy Within Just 60 Days

11 September 2026

CSR News

Bank of Baroda Launches CSR Programme in Ranchi to Empower Girl Students with Essential Support

11 September 2026

NTPC Faridabad Partners with UPSIC to Promote Menstrual Health Among School Girls

9 September 2026

BEL Hands Over ₹1.13 Crore Medical Equipment to Panchkula Civil Hospital Under CSR Initiative

9 September 2026

BPCL Project Pragati Achieves 10,000-Mechanic Training Milestone, Boosts BS6 Automotive Skills

8 September 2026

Opinion

Features

From Lab to Line: Why Opening DRDO Missile Technology to Private Industry Could Change India’s Defence Game

Col MV Shashidhar

Features

Pariksha Ki Pariksha: Why India Needs to Rethink Its Examination Centres

Indian Masterminds Bureau

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Beyond Bureaucracy

How the New Criminal Laws Are Rewiring India's Justice System

23 August 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

In Two Years' Journey of New Laws, How Haryana Placed First in The Country, Scoring 95.21/100 in Imp...

“The Goal Is More Than Food Production”: Atish Chandra on the Future of Indian Agriculture

22 August 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

India’s agriculture strategy is shifting from simply increasing production to raising farmers’ incomes...

How Gujarat Built India's Most Powerful Industrial Machine

2 August 2026

Indian Masterminds Bureau

How a biennial global summit - Vibrant Gujarat - that changed the rules of investment forever.

UPSC Stories

After 15 Failures, Umar Janj Finally Heard the Words He Had Been Waiting For: ‘I have made it'

4 September 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

Umar Janj from Jaisalmer secured AIR 160 in UPSC CAPF 2025 after 15+ failures, four attempts, four SSBs...

NDA Failures, CAPF Setbacks, Then AIR 248:How Abhishek Parmar Overcame Years of Exam Setbacks

3 September 2026

Pallavi Priya

Abhishek Parmar became the third generation of his family to enter uniformed service after overcoming...

After 3 NDA Attempts and a 7-Mark Miss, Naveen Kumar Saini Gets AIR 7 in UPSC CAPF 2025

24 August 2026

Muskan Khandelwal

Naveen Kumar Saini secured AIR 7 in UPSC CAPF 2025 after multiple NDA and SSB failures and missing CAPF...

Social Media

Odisha IPS Officer Calls for Accountability, Says Indians’ Conduct Abroad Could Affect Visa Policies

1 June 2026

‘Visa Rules Getting Tougher’: IPS Officer Arun Bothra Warns Against Indians’ ‘Uncouth’ Behaviour Abr...

IIT Roorkee Alumnus and IFS Officer Himanshu Tyagi Explains Why Tigers Sleep 16–20 Hours a Day

9 May 2026

“Tigers Understand Calorie Math Better Than Humans,” Says 2020-Batch IFoS Officer Himanshu Tyagi

“We Will Pay a Heavy Price”: IFS Officer Warns as Bengaluru Faces Unusual Heat

28 April 2026

Bengaluru Heatwave Sparks Concern as IFS Officer Flags Deforestation and Urbanisation Impact

Book Reviews

Kavery Nambisan’s Rising Sons Is a Witty, Tender Portrait of India in Transition

5 September 2026

Yauvanika Chopra

Kavery Nambisan’s Rising Sons traces generations, identities and a changing India through humour, tenderness...

Unfiltered and Unapologetic: Ratna Manucha’s Witty Take on the Little Things of Life

22 August 2026

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra

Ratna Manucha’s Unfiltered: The Little Things finds humour, nostalgia and quiet wisdom in the ordinary...

Innocence at Risk: A Father-Daughter Dialogue on Protecting Childhood in the Age of Algorithms

19 August 2026

Pallavi Priya

Written by lawyer Aishwarya Srivastava and her father, retired IPS officer Dr Shailendra Srivastava,...